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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 2016Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Feb 23, 2016, 5:15 PM CST for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2016, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Feb 23, 4:41 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 4:41 PM CST, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 6:26 AM CST, 10 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
626 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241230-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL-
BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
626 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TORNADOES...SOME POTENTIALLY STRONG AND LONG TRACKED...ARE THE MAIN
THREAT. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND HAIL UP TO
GOLFBALL SIZE ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT THREATS.

TIMING...WE COULD START SEEING DISCRETE SUPER CELLS OVER SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MID THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND BY
EVENING ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. TIMING ON THE SQUALL LINE IS A BIT MORE
CHALLENGING AS THE SYSTEM IS STILL ORGANIZING BUT AVAILABLE DATA
SUGGESTS IT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR MS COUNTIES LATE AFTERNOON TO
EARLY EVENING AND THROUGH THE MOBILE AREA AROUND 6 TO 9 PM AND
THROUGH OUR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA COUNTIES
AROUND MIDNIGHT.

GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH.

HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE
NECESSARY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-241230-
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
626 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND GALE WARNING PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE THOSE PRODUCTS FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND GALE WARNING PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
FOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT PERIODS. PLEASE SEE THOSE PRODUCTS FOR
MORE INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 23, 5:02 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
502 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     NEW AUGUSTA             31.20N 89.03W
02/23/2016                   PERRY              MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD CROSSING HWY 98 E OF NEW
            AGUSTA. COULD NOT CONFIRM ON THE GROUND OR NOT.

&&

GENEJ

Special weather statement, Feb 23, 5:15 PM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
515 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALZ058-240000-
CRENSHAW AL-
515 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY UNTIL 600
PM CST...

AT 515 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
RUTLEDGE...OR NEAR LUVERNE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUVERNE...RUTLEDGE...PETREY AND LAPINE.

LAT...LON 3161 8624 3166 8645 3205 8637 3205 8630
      3197 8630 3196 8619 3193 8618 3183 8618
      3179 8620 3179 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 195DEG 24KT 3171 8633

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 22, 6:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	38 min
Feb 22, 8:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	39 min
Feb 23, 2:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	51 min
Feb 23, 3:30 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		24 hr
Feb 23, 6:46 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		5 hr
Feb 23, 11:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	8 days
Feb 23, 11:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	8 days
Feb 23, 12:39 PM CST	Coastal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	23 hr
Feb 23, 4:45 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Feb 23, 5:13 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		47 min
Feb 23, 5:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	49 min
Feb 23, 5:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	46 min
Feb 23, 5:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	36 min
Feb 23, 5:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	62 min
Feb 23, 11:45 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Wayne	7 days
Feb 23, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	38 min
Feb 23, 4:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Stone	52 min
Feb 23, 4:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	46 min
Feb 23, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	45 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.